Rail tie and brace.



J. DAVIDSON.

RAIL TIE AND BRAGE.

AIPLIOATIOR rum) JULY 17, 1908 Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT ornicn.

JOSEPH DAVIDSON, OF NORWICH, KANSAS.

RAIL TIE AND BRACE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPn DAVIDSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Norwich, in the county of Kingman and State ofKansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail Ties andBraces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metal rail ties and braces, and one of theprincipal objects of the same is to provide a tie made of sheet steeland having a marginal flange bent downward around the outer edge thereofto permit the tie to be anchored in the ground.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sheet steel tie with amarginal flange and a rail late attached to the tie for holding down t erail to prevent spreading, sinking, twisting or creeping of the rails.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rail tie and chair embodying myinvention and showing two rails secured to the tie by the rail chairs.Fi 2 is a central, longitudinal sectional view flirough one of thechairs and one end of the tie. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 4is a plan view of one end of the tie. Fig. 5 is a detail perspectiveview of one member of the rail chair. Fig. 6 is a similar view of theother member thereof.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the rail tie,preferably formed of sheet metal, iron or other similar material, saidtie having enlarged ends and a reduced central portion 2. A marginalflange 3 is bent downward from the outer edge of the tie to providemeans whereby the tie may be anchored in the ground with the upper faceof the tie practically flush with the u per surface of the ground. Ateach end 0' the tie a series of rectangular apertures 4 are formed, anda bolt hole 5 is formed in the tie some distance inward from theapertures 4.

One of the plate members comprises a rail chair 6 having a flange 7 bentupward therefrom. This member of the chair is preferably formed of sheetmetal, and a portion of the plate is doubled upon itself to form an in-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 17, 1908.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Serial No. 444,031.

wardly extending flange 8 of double thickness, the end of said platehaving formed therein apertures 9 from which angular.

ber of the chair com rises a flat metal plate 11 having a bolt ho e 12therein and provided with an upwardly inclined flange 13. The member 6of the chair is connected to the tie by inserting the tongues 10 in theapertures 4, and by sliding the base flange of the rail underneath thedoubled flan e 8 of the member 6. The member 11 is then placed inposition with the outer edge thereof bearing against the flange 7 of themember 6. A bolt 14 extends through the hole 5 in the member 6 andthrough the bolt hole 12 in the member 11, as shown in Fig. 2, and a nutis applied thereto to hold the parts in place, as will be understood.

From the foregoing, it will be obvious that the rails may be secured tothe tie without the expense of much labor and that when the rails aresecured in place they are firmly held against spreading, creeping ortwisting that the device may be produced at slight cost and is verydurable and not liable to get out of order.

I claim:

The herein described rail chair and tie comprising a sheet metal tieprovided with a reduced central portion and a de ending marginal flange,said tie being provi ed with apertures in the opposite ends thereof, achair having a doubled portion to engage the base flange of the rail,tongues bent from said chair and engaging the apertures in the tie, saidchair extending under the rail and pro vided with an upturned flange, alocking member designed to bear against said flange and to engage thebase flange of the rail, and a single bolt for holding said lockingmember in place.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.-

JOSEPH DAVIDSON.

Witnesses N. I. FARRIs, W. W. RoBBINs.

